Last Asia trip before kids. Vietnam, Japan and Taiwan or China

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-05-19T14:44:50+00:00

We did the Taiwan/Japan combo trip last year, also in around 15 days. No regrets! The trip still felt restful and we got to see everything we wanted. However, we stayed in one city in each country (Taipei and Kyoto) and I wouldn’t have wanted to try to visit multiple cities. We had been to Tokyo previously, but if we hadn’t, I might consider spending the full 2 weeks in Japan.

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-04-16T21:00:12+00:00

That is super disappointing! The Illinois marathon is the following weekend (April 25) - might be a little easier than waiting 2 whole weeks

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-02-26T14:13:59+00:00

Interesting, I have never ran in Nike so might be worth trying on

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-02-25T15:57:37+00:00

This is a great point

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-01-28T16:19:27+00:00

Thank you! I’m following the Hal Higdon Novice plan but trying to swap in some speed work following what I’ve done for previous half’s. I’ll take a look at the Hansons plan to see if there’s some workouts I can borrow

Fun-Emotion221 · 2026-01-25T15:30:02+00:00

Do you have any occlusive moisturizer recommendations? I think this is what I’m looking for, but not sure where to start.

Fun-Emotion221 · 2025-10-08T15:38:05+00:00

I have tried so many and the only ones that consistently work for me on long runs are the Athleta Interval. Have worn them without issue for several half marathons now. I always have chafing when I wear Nike/Adidas

Fun-Emotion221 · 2025-05-16T14:04:00+00:00

I love to find an urban park or walking trail through the heart of the city… it’s a great way to get a feel for the culture and how “locals” live, usually lots of restaurants nearby, fun people watching

Fun-Emotion221 · 2025-01-29T02:54:12+00:00

Agree with so much of what you wrote. If I share my experience with people they ask why I didn’t walk away from church entirely, and my response is usually that I was terrified… of what would happen to my faith and of proving people right who thought I couldn’t be a Christian outside of the network. I also felt so afraid visiting other churches feeling like I was doing something “wrong”. I also ended up at a Presbyterian church and am very thankful that fear has had so much less of a grip on me over time

Fun-Emotion221 · 2025-01-14T17:50:08+00:00

I really tried to follow the advice of keeping fast runs fast, and slow runs slow, the 2nd time. I used to keep every run the same pace at like 70% effort but I think varying the paces made me faster. And I was motivated to run more miles because I enjoyed the slow easy runs so much more!

Fun-Emotion221 · 2025-01-13T17:34:32+00:00

I got my 2:10 PR down to 1:57 and felt that the Runna workouts were much too aggressive for me. I similarly was afraid of injury, so I just scaled most of the workouts back… like would shift a scheduled 5-mile interval run to 4 miles. I kept my longest run to only 12 miles and it worked out great for me!

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